Only five teams in Major League Soccer have scored 50 goals thus far in 2018 and one of them is NYCFC. That’s just a quick way of saying that a one goal lead against City Football Group’s MLS squad cannot be considered safe.
So when Philadelphia Union was holding onto that slim advantage at home, they weren’t just sitting back and defending — Jim Curtin wanted to push for a second goal.
Enter Ilsinho.
The Brazilian has a seemingly infinite array of slick moves and can exit them to the left or right. He’s a nightmare matchup 1v1 early in a match, and a late-night-alone-in-a-tent-in-the-woods level ‘mare when you’re already tired.